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TIL 1 inch of rain equals approximately 12 inches of snow

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nW417 TIL that Picasso carried around a gun to shoot blanks at people he found dull.
QJrJp TIL about Hemicorporectomy. The amputation of the entire lower body, including the pelvis, the genitals, the anus, the urinary system and rectum.
dnrj TIL research indicates that you are less likely to maintain motivation to achieve a goal if you announce that goal to others (Link to PDF)
oBr4o TIL that a 10 year old American girl became penpals with the a general and de facto leader of Panama and her family was shamed by America for it.
Bg15e TIL Aurora Rodríguez Carballeira wanted to have a perfect daughter. Her daughter Hildegart read at 2, spoke 4 languages at 8, joined law school at 13, becoming professor there at 18, writing on socialism and sexuality, writing to figures. On 1933 her mother shot her